The Potty Mouth Granny

  • Men Need to Be Needed, But Women Want to Be Loved

    I’ve been thinking about the relationship between men and women and how much we misunderstand one another. And I’ve come to a conclusion that might ruffle a few feathers. Some men don’t resent independent women because they don’t understand them. They resent independent women because they understand exactly what women’s independence means. It means women…

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  • Why Thou Hate Women So Much Fellas?

    According to social media, women are somehow responsible for everything from declining birth rates to rising housing prices, poor customer service, and probably bad weather. If a woman chooses marriage, she’s criticized. If she chooses to remain single, she’s criticized. If she has children, somebody has an opinion. If she doesn’t have children, somebody has…

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  • We Were Never Meant to Be Silent: A Love Letter to Black Feminist Thought

    Let me tell you something plain—Black feminist theory didn’t come out of a classroom. It came out of kitchens with cracked linoleum floors. Out of bus stops in the cold. Out of women raising babies with one hand and holding themselves together with the other. It came from us. Before anybody gave it a name,…

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  • Wild Women History

    My reading project for the past two years has been diving into the history of women — and it’s been fascinating. What I’ve learned is that women have been treated like shit for thousands of years, regardless of race or socioeconomic status. If you’re a woman, you’re treated like you ain’t worth two dead flies.…

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